When the French jewelry designer Annelise Michelson set out to create her latest collection she didn’t realize that she already had all of the materials. “I was embroidering my chain with thorny leather in order to make neckpieces for my Carnivore costume jewelry collection,” said Michelson, “and in breaking a piece of chain, I had all these small broken pieces that were so cool and rough. I started to collect them and make a chain out of broken pieces.” The resulting collection, called Déchainée, which translates literally into unleashed, is Michelson’s most raw work. The pieces in her previous Silicone Lace and Drops collections are a smattering of vivid colors on silicone-coated lace collars and artful metal work, respectively, but with Déchainée, Michelson lets the metal dictate the form. “It had to look spontaneous,” she says. “I cut all the pieces as they were broken and twisted them like they were exposed.” The collection is comprised of a choker, bracelet, ring, pendant, and earrings all retaining the high polish of Michelson’s other work but with subversive styling. “I made the neckpiece first as it was the statement,” said Michelson, “timeless, punkish, and totally chic!”